Ask Father

1919
Passed
13min

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Sammy Brooks, Harry Burns, Bebe Daniels, James A. Fitzgerald, William Gillespie, Lew Harvey, Wally Howe, Bud Jamison, Harold Lloyd, and 'Snub' Pollard in Ask Father (1919)

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaThe young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Problem is, the father does not want to give the daughter away. So every time he goes to... Leer todoThe young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Problem is, the father does not want to give the daughter away. So every time he goes to the office to ask the father, he is tossed out. He is ejected over and over, by different... Leer todoThe young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Problem is, the father does not want to give the daughter away. So every time he goes to the office to ask the father, he is tossed out. He is ejected over and over, by different methods, while the girl waits and waits.

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Harold Lloyd

The Boy

'Snub' Pollard

The Corn-Fed Secretary
(as Harry Pollard)

Bebe Daniels

Switchboard Operator

Sammy Brooks

Small Office Worker
(sin créditos)

Harry Burns

Small Role
(sin créditos)

James Fitzgerald

Bit part
(sin créditos)

James A. Fitzgerald

Office Worker
(sin créditos)

William Gillespie

Office Worker
(sin créditos)

Lew Harvey

Small Role
(sin créditos)

Wally Howe

The Boss
(sin créditos)

Bud Jamison

Guardian at the Door
(sin créditos)

Margaret Joslin

Mannish Office Visitor
(sin créditos)

Dee Lampton

Office Worker
(sin créditos)

Marie Mosquini

The Boy's First Love
(sin créditos)

James Parrott

Willie - Rival Suitor
(sin créditos)

Charles Stevenson

The Cop
(sin créditos)

Dorothea Wolbert

Small Role
(sin créditos)

Noah Young

Large Office Worker
(sin créditos)

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8evanston_dad

A Zany Harold Lloyd Short

In this Harold Lloyd comedy short, Lloyd plays one of many suitors wooing a rich girl with a very busy father. In order to win her hand, they have to get her father's permission first -- if they can even get an appointment to see him, that is.

This funny film is chock-full of physical pratfalls and sight gags. Lloyd storms the father's office, determined to talk to him at all costs, even if he has to don a suit of armor, impersonate a rampaging suffragette and out smart any number of office booby traps, not the least of which is a movable walk way that sends unwanted visitors sailing out the door.

I loved the ending of this movie too. Let's just say that things aren't always worth the effort it takes to obtain them.

7Bunuel1976

Ask Father (N/A, 1919) ***

At long last, I've allotted sizeable time (which should take up to the very last day of the year) to check out New Line's massive THE HAROLD LLOYD COMEDY COLLECTION 7-Disc Set!

I started off with this one, which is basically a one-joke short (albeit only 13 minutes in length) - a boy's various attempts to meet "the busiest man in town" in order to ask for his daughter's hand in marriage - which frequently has characters being shoved out of the father's office by his burly underling. Lloyd ultimately fails in his quest, but eventually finds true love with the father's secretary (played by Bebe Daniels). It's an enjoyable star vehicle which, among other things, sees Lloyd in drag; bafflingly, there's no director credit attached to this one!

Michael_Elliott

One of Lloyd's Best

Ask Father (1919)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Before he can marry the woman he loves Harold Lloyd must first ask for her father's permission. The only problem is that her father is the busiest man alive so getting near him will take some time. Here's a very funny one reel that has plenty of laughs throughout. The stuff with the two bouncers, one a midget, is hysterical as is the moving floor in the father's office. The scene where Lloyd climbs up the side of a building is also great.

You can get this film in New Line's Harold Lloyd Collection.

10Ron Oliver

Never Say Die

A Hal Roach HAROLD LLOYD Comedy Short Subject.

Infatuated with the daughter of a bullying millionaire, Harold must first ASK FATHER for permission to marry the girl.

The main attraction in this very short & funny little film is watching Harold attempt to sneak into the fierce old man's office. Movie mavens will notice that this film was made shortly before the studio accident which blew off half of Harold's right hand.

Bebe Daniels plays a sympathetic switchboard operator; Snub Pollard appears as an eccentric private secretary.

Robert Israel has composed an excellent film score which perfectly complements Harold's antics on the screen.

7SnoopyStyle

Harold Lloyd slapstick

The boss has a popular daughter. She has two mushy suitors who have waited five months to "ask father". The boy (Harold Lloyd) is doing everything to court her and faces every hurdle.

It's a thirteen minute comedic short. It's good slapstick. The two suitors should be combined into one rival and constant bully. The treadmill is funny although I don't understand why the office would have that. The pillow is a funny bit and that sells the telephone girl. She could have more screen time. Finally near the end, he does some impressive climbing. Quite frankly, he should end the story out there if possible.